He took offence at my question.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The main offence is under s15A of the Theft Act 1968, a section repealed by the Fraud Act 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [McNulty Escapes With ‘A Talking To’ Shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Yes! and the offence is aggravated when you consider that it was someone else's folly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

Sorry if it offends anyone, as no offence is intended.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Correctness « I Had the Write Idea] Reference

A woe to the careless and unguarded, to whom the offence is given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference

The basis for the offence is ss. 142 (4) of the Highway Traffic Act.    From Wordnik.com.  [The finger as a traffic offence : Law is Cool] Reference

The need to avoid offence is now seen as overriding any concept of privacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carol Thatcher, praying nurses and the abolition of private life] Reference

As for those in the other side of the equasion, no offence is implied or intended.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother] Reference

The purpose of this offence is to protect young people between 16 and 18 years of age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Student-teacher love can be a serious crime in Canada : Law is Cool] Reference

Making open support of a crime against humanity a punishable offence is the next logical step.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kicking them out « BuzzMachine] Reference

He commits a minor offence, is sentenced, is a good inmate, is released and repeats the pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crime Is Your Business] Reference

I must disagree; an offence is certainly criminal if there is a potential prison sentence involved.    From Wordnik.com.  [But Enough About Me « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

One such offence is ‘creating a large carbon footprint without the authority of The Green Lobby’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-02-03] Reference

Secondly, the explanation given, that he did not mean to cause offence, is simply a mealy-mouthed evasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-17] Reference

"My offence is my strength," Spezza understated after a recent three goal, five-point performance in a Spitfire rout.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Spezza's wait just about over] Reference

Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: This offence is capable of catching attacks on ideas as well as people.    From Wordnik.com.  [06/10/2005] Reference

The penalty for this offence is subject to the discretion and pleasure of any lawyer whose right is infringed by that snail.    From Wordnik.com.  [SNAIL Offences Act : Law is Cool] Reference

The offence is nothing in comparison to the offence caused the whole world by the suppression of free speech and democracy in Myanmar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Myanmar: Buddhists Outraged by Actor’s Photo] Reference

The trouble is, whilst every offence is given the same amount of points, ie ONE, then it will warp the usefullness of the system downwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police Complaints – The Shocking Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

(a) whether the offence is prosecuted by in - dictment or punishable on summary convic - tion, to the following minimum punishment, namely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane/Finch Fatalities, By Car Not Gun… : Law is Cool] Reference

His offence is the most cowardly offence in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference

Another offence was the cutting down her name into Lucy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference

The lawyer also noted that the offence was a bailable one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stabroek News] Reference

Whether he did it in prose or verse, the offence was the same.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series] Reference

Consider, moreover, the subject of the offence will be a woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prince of India — Volume 01] Reference

Additional Sessions Judge O P Saini termed the offence as "grave".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Times] Reference

She was beginning to realize that her offence was a quite shameful one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow Valley] Reference

The offence was a grave one; so the fine was three shiUings and four pence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference

The offence was the greater and seemed the more premeditated for being clothed in Greek.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Novel — Complete] Reference

Next, the reason for their offence was the same which existed in the case of many others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom] Reference

He also called the offence as "extraordinarily grave" and said "it was entirely unprovoked.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NDTV News - Top Stories] Reference

He had also called the offence as "extraordinarily grave" and said "it was entirely unprovoked.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

The defencemen are more involved in generating offence, which is one of Davidson's pet projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [SLAM! Sports] Reference